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Critical Linking: July 28, 2012
Working with Kepler’s board and a bankruptcy lawyer, he’s pursuing a creative two-part structure: … Read the full post
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The Great American Novel: The Contenders
This recent re-reading of The Great Gatsby has got me thinking, again, about its popularity and its … Read the full post
5 Transformable Bookshelves
After books themselves, no objects quite get a reader’s heart a-pounding like some awesome bookshelves. … Read the full post
Critical Linking: July 27, 2012
Morrison was asked about Slade’s death on Oprah Winfrey’s television show last year, and … Read the full post
Name That Author!: July 26, 2012
You can submit your guess using the form below after any clue, but if you’re wrong, you’re out … Read the full post
Recasting Nick Carraway
Try as I might, I just can’t get myself to a place where I can buy Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway. … Read the full post
Critical Linking: July 26, 2012
How many serious books can even a dedicated reader conquer in a year? No more than forty, I should … Read the full post
The Dictionary of Fictional Techniques: Proxy Detailing
The Dictionary of Fictional Techniques is a running feature in which I observe, name, and discuss … Read the full post
START HERE: Read Your Way Into 25 Amazing Authors (A Book Riot Kickstarter Project)
There are so many great authors and fantastic books out there that it is impossible to know them all. … Read the full post
Critical Linking: July 25, 2012
“Wallace was a big fan of my work, Christopher is a big fan of Wallace, and when he saw his … Read the full post
Critical Linking: July 24, 2012
Goodreads is starting to step in and act as a reputation system. Can crowdsourcing reviews … Read the full post
Forecasting the 2013 Tournament of Books: The Half-Way Point
The first half of 2012 has come and gone, and some are doing a mid-year round-up of the best books … Read the full post
Critical Linking: July 23, 2012
To get to the million-dollar mark for debut fiction this year, it apparently helps to have … Read the full post
Critical Linking: July 21, 2012
Paradoxically, then, almost the worst thing that can happen to writers, at least if it’s the quality … Read the full post
A Brief History of American Bookmobiles…in Pictures
For book lovers, bookmobiles are oddly romantic. They seem like dream-machines, very real automobiles … Read the full post
Critical Linking: July 12, 2012
What seem fatal flaws to one generation strike the next as displays of artistic courage. This … Read the full post
Best GATSBY Quotes: Chapters 1 – 4
It’s dang near impossible to have a single favorite line from The Great Gatsby, so let’s … Read the full post
Critical Linking: July 11, 2012
1. Books that are too wide and fall off the shelf when spined, or too tall so they have to be shelved … Read the full post
The Great Gatsby and Literature’s Temporal Relativity
One of the many challenges for contemporary literary fiction is the staggering amount of really good … Read the full post
Critical Linking: July 10, 2012
4. Ensuring that the enjoyment of literature takes precedence, particularly in the early years, over … Read the full post
